Wednesday, 3 September 2014

Son I just Wrote This, by Stanley Odd - this video caught me by surprise this morning. I want everyone to hear it.

Son I just wrote thisI thought you might like to knowThat I chose to vote Yes‘Cause a Yes vote provided hopeWhat the future’s holdin’No-one can rightly knowWas tired of the same old scriptAnd what’s next only time will show

I knew you'd ask at some stageI look forward to us talking about it one daySo here’s the story of a hopeful guessCause you're part of the reason that I voted yesWhen I was your age, we had some discontent wintersLike in the fairy tales there was a Witch of WestminsterWith the power and the contrast of a comic book villainShe's passed away now but we didn’t say good riddance‘Cause by the time she passed she was a feeble old ladyWho forgot what she was doing when she was going placesYou should always treat people how you’d like to be treated‘Cause the hurt and anger she left is deep seatedIn school they stopped our free milkIt could be said in a wider context they stopped our free willYou can’t always separate feelings from cold factsFrom the school bus I read graffiti saying ‘No Poll Tax’See in 1979 people voted to control their own realityBut it didn’t happen on a technicalityThen in 1997 they said it wouldn’t workBut they supposed letting us try couldn’t hurtNow in 2014 they asked the question‘Do you want to be independent?’I remember thinking, if we didn’t answer YesYou could be 18 before they’d ask us again

Son I just wrote this

This isn’t about the colour of skinOr where you were born, or who you call kinIt’s about pure and simple geographyAnd caring for everyone responsiblyIt’s about people facing poverty with immunityAnd building and supporting our communitiesToo many people want off the path we’re followingIt’s time to change how we ‘do’ politicsResponsibility and independenceLeading by example of the messages we’re sendin’Character traits we hope for our kids one daySo why wouldn’t we want it for our country?See the older you get the less you see things in black and whiteAnd I’m just trying to do what I think is rightJust simply voting by Yes, the problem isn’t solvedBut you can’t change the world taking no risks at allSpin Doctors twisted strands of stories to control the plotsLike Rumpelstiltskin spinning gold from strawWeaving threads like Charlotte’s spider webAnd the trolls under the bridge became CybermenIn a time of recession, food banks and destitutionWorldwide turmoil with very little resolutionViolence and terror as press wizards cast their best illusionsWe were part of a peaceful revolution

Son I just wrote this

Some said we had our heads controlled by our heartsBut you make decisions with both by and largeAs for those felt their hearts were controlled by their headsThey told the story of the goose that laid the golden eggMeaning that sticking as we are was the safest betWhich is basically succumbing to playground threatsAnd to me that just wasn’t making sense‘Cause there’s the possibility for real change insteadThey say yir home’s where yir heart isFrom Oor Wullie’s shed to Doctor Who’s TardisBut it’s also true that yir hearts where yir home isAnd it won’t be that long ‘til you’re grown with yir own kidsOf course I had reservations, who didn’t?Despite the white paper, Scotland’s future isn’t writtenIt’s wrong that a politician can only be the shepherd or the wolfCause that way they either want you for your flesh or for your woolThe biggest triumph of the 21st century stateWas to convince us that having a dream is a cliché1% of the world has 90% of the wealthAnd this system says to step on folks while helping yirselfI hope you’re hearing these thoughts with amazementAnd inequity is consigned to history pagesI don’t want to see another lost generationRioting, frustrated and cross with their parents

Son I just wrote thisI thought you might like to knowThat I chose to vote Yes‘Cause a Yes vote provided hopeWhat the future’s holdin’No-one can rightly knowWas tired of the same old scriptAnd what’s next only time will show